Category: Health Care
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North Dakota joins suit to block taxpayer-funded health care for protected immigrants
BISMARCK — North Dakota has joined a lawsuit to block 200,000 immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children…
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Peter Orszag wants the FTC and DOJ to stop challenging health care mergers
Peter Orszag was instrumental in crafting the Affordable Care Act. Now, he wants federal antitrust authorities to ease up on…
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Pipes: How the GOP can get tough on health care
Nearly eight in 10 Americans worry “a great deal” or “a fair amount” about the availability and affordability of health…
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Big Medicine and Newsom square off in battle over billions in health care tax dollars
California’s budget was hemorrhaging red ink 15 years ago as the Great Recession clobbered personal income tax revenues and then-Gov. Arnold…
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The effect of the Inflation Reduction Act on health care in Virginia, two years later
TUCKAHOE, VIRGINIA – Friday marked the second anniversary of the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe…
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Portage County Board will again consider health care center funding referendum
STEVENS POINT – The Portage County Board of Supervisors will consider another referendum to fund the future of its county-owned…
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Behavioral health care is making a difference.
It was nice to read a positive commentary about behavioral health care (“Investing in mental health recovery helps everyone in…
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Getting creative in the competition for health care workers
Last week’s jobs numbers overall were on the “meh” side, but if there was a bright spot, it was health…
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Column: On health care, the contrast between candidates is stark
From a communications perspective, this year’s Republican presidential campaign is a little on-the-nose. It features chants of “Fight, fight, fight”…
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Tulane venture fund makes its first investment in New Orleans health care startup
Tulane University’s new $10 million innovation fund has invested in New Orleans startup Nest Health, a fast-growing company specializing in…